## Free Personalized Smoking Cessation Program for BMC Employees!

Deciding to quit smoking is the first and most important step on the path toward a healthier life. At BMC, we understand the benefits of having personal support as you quit, so we’ve developed a special program just for employees. Boston Medical Center, in partnership with Vincere Health, gives you the supportive care to quit smoking and live a healthier life. [Download the brochure](https://www.bmc.org/sites/default/files/Programs___Services/Programs_for_Adults/Smoking_Cessation/Tobacco_Treatment_Center/Vincere_BMC_Electronic_Brochure.pdf).

## About the Program

This six-month program takes an individualized approach. A tobacco treatment specialist will work with you to create a personalized quit plan that will guide you on your tobacco-free journey. There will be three confidential and personalized one-on-one sessions, all scheduled at a time and BMC location convenient to you, as well as ongoing coaching and support as needed. Staying tobacco-free for six months predicts long term success!

Your participation in this program will not be documented in EPIC and will be kept confidential.

## It Pays to Be a Quitter!

Employees who complete the personalized three-step program will receive rewards for their hard work! Your tobacco trained counselor will review the financial incentives for participating in this program.

## Vaping/E-cigarettes

E-cigarettes are devices that heat a liquid into an aerosol that the user inhales. The liquid usually has nicotine and flavoring in it, and other additives. The use of e-cigarettes has increased in recent years, and is now understood to have unexpected detrimental health effects, especially in teenagers where their brain is still developing.

## **Employee Assistance Program (EAP): 800-327-1850**

A certified tobacco counselor can provide telephonic counseling, an individualized plan, and techniques and strategies to quit smoking for good. The EAP has a number of tools, articles, and support to educate you on the dangers of smoking & vaping to help you or a family member quit.

## Health Plans Inc. – Achieve Health: 866-324-4635

Achieve Health, HPI’s telephonic health coaching program, offers free and confidential support to health plan members to help you make and stick with lifestyle changes, such as quitting smoking.

## BMC Family Medicine – Acupuncture: 617-414-2080

BMC Family Medicine provides evidenced-based smoking cessation with a three to five point ear acupuncture treatment called the NADA protocol. This service is covered under the BMC Select medical plan.

### Learn More 

- **Know the Risks:** [www.e-cigarettes.surgeongeneral.gov](http://www.e-cigarettes.surgeongeneral.gov)
- **CDC:** [www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic\_information/e-cigarettes/severe-lung-disease.html](http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/severe-lung-disease.html)
- **National Cancer Institute:** [www.smokefree.gov](http://www.smokefree.gov)
- **Nicotine Anonymous:** [www.nicotine-anonymous.org](http://www.nicotine-anonymous.org)
- **[NCI QuitPal](https://digital.gov/2013/03/14/nci-quitpal-app/):** a free smart phone app that supports trying to quit smoking
- **Youth/Teen Smoking Cessation:** [teen.smokefree.gov](http://teen.smokefree.gov); [www.cdc.gov/tobacco/youth/index.htm](http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/youth/index.htm); [tobaccofreekids.org](http://tobaccofreekids.org)